Invincible through Touching Corpses

After the sparring session, it was time to give guidance to the others. Fang Tianhe had already prepared a list of the 10 people who would receive it.

These 10 people didn’t include those who had already been guided by Lin Xinghai. Instead, five were chosen from the veteran members who hadn’t received guidance yet, and another five were picked from the new members.

This selection ensured that both veterans and newcomers were taken care of. Of course, it was still relatively biased toward the veteran members; even if their Gun Technique wasn’t great, they could obtain a spot more easily than the new members. This was one of Fang Tianhe’s ways of managing his subordinates.

None of this mattered to Lin Xinghai. After receiving the list, he began to guide them one by one.

This kind of public lesson gave even the new members listening on the side a feeling of sudden enlightenment. This not only excited them but also made them secretly rejoice that joining the Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps was indeed the right choice.

After about an hour of instruction, the group started to head back.

It was at this time that Lin Xinghai brought up the matter of taking a portion of the Elemental Crystals directly.

"You want the Elemental Crystals now? Not exchange them for Points first and then distribute them?" Fang Tianhe was a little puzzled.

"Yes. To me, Elemental Crystals are more useful than Points," Lin Xinghai nodded.

With his current strength, there were some things he no longer needed to hide. As long as he didn’t want to talk, no one would dare press him for answers.

Sure enough, Fang Tianhe just nodded after hearing this and didn’t ask any more questions. Instead, he took out the day’s Elemental Crystals and began to count them.

"No need to go through all that trouble. Just give me 2,000 Low Level Elemental Crystals," Lin Xinghai said again.

Fang Tianhe and the others were stunned for a moment, then felt a little touched.

Today, Lin Xinghai alone had killed 4,000 Zombies. Adding the ones they got from their Gun Technique practice later, the total number of Elemental Crystals had reached 4,215.

Although 2,000 was almost half the total number, by only asking for Low Level Elemental Crystals, it actually accounted for 40% of the total revenue at most—perhaps even less.

This was equivalent to giving them over 10,000 Points for free! How could they not be ecstatic?

Soon, Fang Tianhe took out Lin Xinghai’s 2,000 Low Level Elemental Crystals.

As for the remaining Elemental Crystals, after counting and calculating, they found they could still be exchanged for 64,800 Points.

"Old Fang, you can exchange these Elemental Crystals over two days. An income of over 30,000 Points a day... this can become the new normal from now on," Lin Xinghai said. This way, it wouldn’t be too conspicuous and attract unwanted attention.

"Okay!" Fang Tianhe nodded immediately.

He no longer had any doubts about being able to upgrade the Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps to a Third Level Mercenary Corps within a month.

If anything, he couldn’t be the one to drag them down.

To advance to a Third Level Mercenary Corps, a minimum of five Mechas was a mandatory requirement. Of course, with Lin Xinghai around, the Points needed to purchase the Mechas were no longer an issue.

However, having five Mechas was not the only condition. There were two other requirements, one of which had to be met.

The first requirement was that all five Mecha pilots had to break their third Genetic Lock, allowing them to utilize 100% of the Mechas’ performance.

The second requirement was to have one powerhouse at the Blood Qi Realm.

Comparatively, the first requirement was easier to achieve. As long as there was enough Genetic Medicine Liquid, Roger and the others could break their third Genetic Lock in another two or three months, barring any accidents.

As for the second requirement, that was up to him.

But even though his Genetic Assessment had reached B Level, the probability of breaking the fourth Genetic Lock was only 50%.

Thinking of this success rate, Fang Tianhe’s heart grew heavy. This was also why powerhouses at the Blood Qi Realm were so rare.

Although you could try again after a failed breakthrough once your body had recovered...

...an injury from attempting to break a Genetic Lock could even affect you on the genetic level, and current technology couldn’t completely repair it.

Therefore, the success rate for the first breakthrough attempt was the highest, and it would get lower and lower with each subsequent try. After five failed attempts, one would basically have no hope of ever breaking through.

Taking a deep breath, Fang Tianhe suppressed the various thoughts in his mind. ’I’ve already come this far; I can’t back down now.’

The convoy had a smooth journey back, and after more than half an hour, everyone returned to the Shelter.

After submitting the mission and receiving another 5,000 Points, Fang Tianhe announced that the team was dismissed. Then, he led Roger and a few other core members back to the Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps’ headquarters.

"Boss, what’s going on? Why all the secrecy?" Xu Haishui asked, his curiosity finally getting the better of him as he followed the others to the third floor of the headquarters, a place specially reserved for breakthroughs.

Roger and Wu Yan both looked at Fang Tianhe as well.

However, Fang Tianhe didn’t answer directly. Instead, he turned his gaze to Lin Xinghai.

"It’s like this. The reason my Gun Technique is so good is that I created my own Perception Secret Technique. I’m now planning to teach this Secret Technique to you," Lin Xinghai said simply and clearly.

But his simple words made Roger’s and the others’ hearts suddenly pound, their breathing growing heavy.

One only had to think of Lin Xinghai’s current achievements to know how precious this Secret Technique was.

"I’m not good with Gun Technique, so I’d better not learn it," Wu Yan was the first to recover, speaking after a moment of thought.

In Wu Yan’s opinion, one less person learning it meant one less risk of the Secret Technique being leaked.

Besides, he wasn’t proficient in Gun Technique and had no plans to develop in that direction, so the appeal of this Secret Technique was limited for him.

"Then I won’t learn it either," Xu Haishui also said.

Even after Lin Xinghai’s guidance, his current Gun Technique was still inferior to that of the newly recruited members. So, in his view, it was more practical to just train hard and improve his strength sooner.

"The Perception Secret Technique isn’t just for Gun Technique. It’s also remarkably effective for scouting and perceiving enemies in battle. You can take a look first before deciding whether to learn it. After all, this thing isn’t simple. It’s hard to say if you can even learn it at all," Lin Xinghai said, activating the projection function of his wrist-mounted computer.

He had split that special Perception Technique into three parts. If each part were printed out, it would be over a dozen pages long.

When he first obtained this Perception Method, the system had directly implanted the knowledge into his mind, so he hadn’t thought it was difficult.

But just now in the vehicle, when he was organizing and breaking down the content, he was shocked to realize it really wasn’t that easy to learn.

Fang Tianhe flipped through it quickly, asking a question or two from time to time. The more he read, the more shocked he became.

He had never imagined that Perception Power could be used this way. He instantly felt that he had gained a great deal.

However, with his expertise, he could also instantly tell that the difficulty of cultivating this Perception Technique was no less than that of a Profound Level Martial Art.

It would be impossible to even reach the Entry Level without a year or two of practice.

He gave Lin Xinghai a strange look. ’It’s hard to believe he actually created something like this.’

However, he didn’t ask anything and instead began to study seriously, asking questions whenever he didn’t understand something.

Wu Yan and Xu Haishui did the same. In their eyes, this Perception Secret Technique had far too many applications. It would be incredibly useful, whether in normal combat or Mecha battles.

’If I learn this, my combat power will definitely rise to a new level.’

Lin Xinghai spent a full two hours giving a general explanation. What came next would depend on their own comprehension abilities.

After leaving the Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps, he went to find Gao Mountain and the others.

Lin Xinghai was certainly not stingy with his own Affiliated Mercenary Corps, and he taught them the Perception Secret Technique as well.

...

The next few days passed peacefully. Both the Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps and the Mountain and Sea Mercenary Corps were rapidly growing stronger with the support of a continuous stream of funds.

However, on the fourth day, this peace was broken. Early in the morning, Lin Xinghai received a message on his wrist-mounted computer.

Liu Miaomiao: I’m about to break through.